![]() Returned to Parma – who had just been relegated to Serie B – in summer 2021, 20 years after ending his first spell there, subsequently bringing up 500 career clean sheets.He lifted the Coppa Italia the same season. Having earned his nickname by saving a penalty from Inter Milan's Ronaldo in 1997 and celebrating by showing the fans a Superman T-shirt, Buffon won his first European trophy, the 1999 UEFA Cup, as Parma beat Marseille 3-0 in the final.Made his senior debut aged 17 on 19 November 1995, keeping a clean sheet in a 0-0 home draw with AC Milan, including notable saves from Roberto Baggio and George Weah.D'Amico and Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri both mocked Buffon's Tom Selleck-style moustache in a TV interview.īuffon channels Tom Selleck ©Getty Images Claims to fame As well as those two sons with his former wife, Alena Šeredová, Buffon has a third, Leopoldo Mattia, with his new partner, Ilaria D'Amico. ![]() ![]() He named his first son Louis Thomas after him his second, David Lee, is named in honour of Van Halen singer David Lee Roth. Buffon started out as a midfielder, becoming a keeper because his hero was former Cameroon and Espanyol custodian Thomas N'Kono.Gladbach later sent him a scarf bearing the legend 'A German team' – in jest since, like Buffon, most foreigners find Mönchengladbach a bit of a mouthful. I can do better now, but I still think it's not quite right." When Juventus met the Bundesliga outfit in the UEFA Champions League in 2015/16, Buffon gave a pair of his gloves to their fans but received nothing in return. Buffon supports Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany: "When I was a child I didn't know how to pronounce their name.International: 176 appearances UEFA club competition: 167 appearances Domestic competition: 808 appearances
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